Why is it die Demontage?
Demontage ends in -age, and almost all nouns ending in -age are feminine: in a German dictionary, 90% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -age die
Meaning
[1] Reduction of objects
[1] Abbau von GegenständenExamples
[1] "What was not yet recognizable at the time is the fact that the Germans have become good part of their outdated machine park through the dismantling" "
[1] „Was damals noch nicht zu erkennen war, ist die Tatsache, dass die Deutschen ihren veralteten Maschinenpark durch die Demontagen zum guten Teil losgeworden sind.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Demontage | die Demontagen |
| Genitiv | der Demontage | der Demontagen |
| Dativ | der Demontage | den Demontagen |
| Akkusativ | die Demontage | die Demontagen |
Pronunciation
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